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E Fremantle Arts Centre During the summer months VISITORS’ CHECKLIST
Cnr Ord & Finnerty Vale sts. Tel (08) (October to March), the
9432 9555. Open 10am–5pm daily. centre’s Sunday Music series Practical Information
Closed public holidays. 7 limited. takes place from 2–4pm. The * 30,000.
∑ fac.org.au outdoor event is free and n Town Hall, Kings Square,
This beautiful Gothic Revival features an extensive line up 8 William St (08) 9431 7878.
mansion with its shady gardens of established local acts, touring _ Fremantle Festival (Nov).
was first conceived as an insane artists and young up-and- Transport
asylum. The main wing was coming musicians. £ Elder Place. @ Elder Place.
built between 1861 and 1865,
and an extension was added P Fremantle Prison
between 1880 and 1902. 1 The Terrace. Tel (08) 9336 9200. room, last used in 1964. The
The building, which after its Open 9am–5pm daily. Closed Good torchlight tours and tunnel
use as an asylum became the Fri, 25 Dec. & 8 7 limited. tours are highly recommended.
wartime headquarters for US ∑ fremantleprison.com.au
forces, was slated for demolition In the 1850s, when the first
in 1967. But, principally through group of convicts arrived in
the efforts of Fremantle’s mayor, the Swan River Colony, the
it was rescued and renovated need arose for a large-scale
to become the Fremantle prison. Fremantle Prison, an
Arts Centre. imposing building with a sturdy
The centre is one of Western gatehouse and cold, forbidding
Australia’s most dynamic multi- limestone cell blocks, was
arts organisations, offering built by those first convicts
a rich cultural program of in 1855. It was used as a
exhibitions, residences, art maximum-security prison until
courses, music and events. It also 1991. Today, visitors tour the
showcases local contemporary complex, visiting cells,
artists, with many of the punishment cells, the chapel
works for sale. and the chilling gallows Fremantle Prison’s striking façade
Fremantle City Centre
1 The Round House
2 WA Museum – Shipwreck Galleries
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3 Fremantle Markets
4 St John the Evangelist Anglican Fremantle BE A CH S TRE ET F IN NE R T Y VA LE S TR E ET
Church Harbour S T R E E T Fremantle
Arts Centre
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